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Learn about woodpecker conservation in Highlands

The second event of the Zahner Conservation Lecture Series season will take place on Thursday, June 18, and will feature Lauren D. Pharr, postgraduate researcher at North Carolina State University, presenting โ€œStory: Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, Conservation, and the Science Inside the Nest.โ€

The red-cockaded woodpecker once faced a severe decline as longleaf pine forests disappeared across the southeastern United States. Today, it stands as one of the most recognized examples of successful species recovery. 

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